Category Archives: 1989

I was baffled by this wine blind last week. Only thing I could tell was it had lots of bottle age on it. Very brown with orange rim, and again extreme rim variation. On the nose, very developed, medium intensity, date, fig, leather, meat stick, spice for days, chalky earthy component, with moderate oak. On the palate, dry, medium- tannin, medium acidity, medium body, balanced but well past it’s prime, and not showing much Pinot Noir traits. I called it Sangiovese from the early 90’s and felt reasonably happy with that.

This was a treat from Saturday night down at Daniel’s Leschi. A pretty nice four top brought this in and poured me a nice sample. Browning in color with serious rim variation. On the nose, aged bouquet, medium intensity, plum, fig, cigar box, clove, cardamom, pencil shavings, lots of basement and earth tones, with some…… Continue Reading

I brought this one to the blind tasting. It was easy for meVery beautiful orange amber color, of the highest intensity I have seen amongst whites. Crazy that this was once a white 0f platinum color. Will someone email me tomorrow to make sure I secure the last bottle to consume with some loved ones.…… Continue Reading

I have said for a while that this is one of my favorite Chateau’s, first growth quality without the price. Well it looks as if times have caught up a bit with this Chateau, the Market has recognized the importance of high octane producers that can also deliver on power or maybe finesse. Cool Persian…… Continue Reading

Legendary wine from a the Ribera del Duero region of Spain. The story goes you could only get this wine as a gift from the king or queen of Spain, and has enjoyed this reputation of being really hard to get. Sometimes merits the attention, this time not so much. Beautiful garnet color with orange…… Continue Reading

Browning edges and a nice ruby color. Bouquet all the way, fruit, red currant and cherry, were present but away in the background. Tomato leaf, bitter chocolate, stemmy, pencil shavings, smoke, and spice. On the palate, this wine floored me. It was very silky and great acidity and balance. The tannins are softening, perhaps no…… Continue Reading

A couple brought this into my work and were nice enough to share a glass with me. This wine crushed. Everything was integrated, subtle plums and raspberry, eucalyptus, cedar, cigar box bittersweet chocolate, chalkiness, smoothed out tannins, and well integrate oak. Wish I had a lot of this in my cellar. … Continue Reading